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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1955

Page

4

Medics Oppose Garys Crippled Children Plan

Oklahoma Medical Association opposes Gov Ray mond Gary program to force more charity patients from across the state to use Crippled Children's hospital in Oklahoma City. It favors keeping children in home communities and sending only those cases needing a teaching hospital to the local center for training. The stance targets the nine member committee appointed to study the plan, which has yet to meet, while noting accreditation fears for the University of Oklahoma medical school.

Oklahoma City The Oklahoma Medical Association Raymond Gary Crippled Children’s Hospital Mark Everett University of Oklahoma Medical School Crippled Children’s Commission Everett Children’s Hospital Dick Graham Gary James Bullard D-Duncan Medical Association State Hospital Association Crippled Children’s Society Commission Ira E. McConnell McConnell

Murder Trial Opens 11-Case Court Docket

Leo Gaines faces a murder charge as an 11 case docket opens September 19 before District Judge Toby Morris. The batch includes embezzlement, forgery, and liquor possession with several appeals from City court. A parallel civil docket of 14 cases starts September 26, featuring money judgments, ejectment, and real estate matters.

Leo Gaines Toby Morris Superior Court Gaines Lawton Thomas Evans Tom Hawkins Joe Tompson Randolph Chandlor Helen Hudson Hudson Ralph Robles William Beaton Reynolds William McKinley Mack Overton City Court District Court Howard Shaw Southern Club Hazel Worley Morris Grady Benson K. E. Peters H. E. Leonhart Lumber Company C. Roberts John C. Jadel W. C. James J. P Sid C. Abbott Joel H. Freeman George V. Stein Lumber Co John QO. Serak Home Building Supply Co Jeff Runyon Edgar M. Sperling Robert L. Hutchins Chris Southard Lillith E. Sullivan Earl Alford Euell Bradshaw Everett Hale J. Hale Edwards Jr

Coed Charged With Manslaughter Faces Fall Trial

Miss Margot Annie Moore of Edmond must stand trial this fall on first degree manslaughter charges after a preliminary hearing found enough evidence. She pleaded innocent and posted a $5,000 bond. The collision near Norman on March 12 killed Robert M. Jarvis’s wife Loretta May and daughter Sharon Kay.

Norman Okla University of Oklahoma Coed Cleveland Elvin Brown Margot Annie Moore Edmond Miss Moore Tom Pace Robert M. Jarvis Jarvis Loretta May Sharon Kay

Train Collision Injures Seven at Concord River Bridge

A southbound Boston to Montreal train and a freight train derailed on a bridge over the Concord River near Lowell Massachusetts. Seven crewmen were injured including one seriously. six others treated and released. Passengers continued their journey on a relief train from Boston. A tank car jumped the Six Arch Bridge track and tumbled into the river after the Red Wing struck it.

Lowell Mass Montreal Concord River Boston & Maine Railroad Kenneth Brannoch St. John’s Hospital Boston

Yesteryears in The Constitution

Death toll still rises in Hiroshima three weeks after the atomic bomb fell. Quotas removed on automobile production. Austin drive in theater under construction. About 8,000 troops of the 45th National Guard division due here in 1936. Oil well east of Lawton to be bailed. Cameron president asks for $50,000 from Public Works Administration for college buildings. Prominent citizens A T Catron Lawton D C Woodring and Dr J A Perisho Cache die. Thieves steal 100 chickens from Sam Coppin’s farm northwest of Elgin. More than 50 visitors inspect Boy Scout Camp Boulder in the Wichita.

Hiroshima Austin Drive-In 45Th National Guard Lawton Cameron Public Works Administration A. T. Catron D. C

Police Probe Check Thefts In Lawton Markets

Security Bank & Trust Co. asked police to investigate a series of check thefts and arrest a forgery suspect believed to have passed stolen checks at three large Lawton grocery stores. Police reported stolen checks from Security Bank numbers 3698 through 3712, taken from Lawton Machine Shop at 504 Roosevelt. A suspect description was given to authorities.

Security Bank & Trust Co Fifth and C Lawton Roosevelt

Egypt and Britain agree to withdraw troops from Sudan

Cairo and London say they will pull all military forces from Sudan within three months after a request from the Sudanese parliament. The announcement was issued Tuesday.

Cairo Egypt Brittain Sudan

North Dakota Territory to Statehood Milestones

The article notes North Dakota organized as a territory on March 2, 1861 and admitted to the Union as the 39th state on November 2, 1889, marking pivotal dates in its governance.

North Dakota

Science finds new healing substance for piles

Science reports a healing substance that shrinks piles without surgery and relieves pain and itching promptly. Doctors note actual shrinking of piles as sufferers claim relief. The product, Preparation H, uses Bio-Dyne and is sold in suppository form with a money back guarantee. Regular U.S. patent protection applies.

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